However, although Prince Gong Yixun has always been regarded as a rare capable person in the imperial family, he is also helpless in the face of the current situation, "Only by knowing oneself and knowing the other can one not be defeated in a hundred battles, the imperial court now knows nothing about the enemy's situation, even if Kong Ming is reincarnated, he still can't come up with any good way!" ”

"If I still have the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry when I entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty, then I can still respond to all changes with the same, but what army can I fight in Beijing now?" , Yi Xun lamented with tears.

The more Cixi listened, the more desperate she became, and she couldn't help but lament, "Is it really going to be lost in the hands of the mourning family for more than two hundred years in my Qing Dynasty?" Where did these thieves come from? Did it fall from the sky? ”

The Manchu regime had reached the end of its rope, and the previous struggles seemed so ridiculous, that the two finally completely let go of their old grievances and worked together to deal with the crisis. But the uncle and sister-in-law racked their brains and only came up with a few ideas that "maybe they can save the Qing Dynasty", or even just "maybe they can let the Qing Dynasty survive for a month or two".

"We must win the support of foreigners, although the situation of this group of short-haired thieves is not clear, but they can approach the capital so quickly, and defeat, or at least besiege Tianjin, such a powerful combat power is by no means something that the officials and troops in Beijing can resist, only the Western envoys in Dongjiaomin Lane can make it possible for them to stop." , Prince Gong said in a deep voice.

As a person who is the best at foreign affairs in the clan and even the banner people, no one knows the strength of those Western powers better than Yixun, although because it is too far away from the mainland and cannot afford to put too many troops, even the strongest Britain is not capable of conquering China, but if it is just to destroy "my Great Qing", it is simply easy.

Therefore, now in the face of an unprecedentedly powerful enemy, Prince Gong's first thought is to borrow strength from foreigners, which is also the most important of several ideas, relying only on the Manchu government's own strength, it is very difficult to deal with a Japanese army division that invaded Mukden, where is there still the strength to resist those "short-haired thieves" of unknown origin?

"In this situation, those foreign-haired people don't know how to open their mouths", Cixi sighed subconsciously, but she soon showed a fierce look, gritted her teeth and shouted, "I'd rather give away friends than domestic slaves, even if I sell half of China, I can agree, as long as the Qing Dynasty can continue!" ”

Prince Gong nodded appreciatively, he always thought that his talent was only above this sister-in-law, and the reason why he became a defeated subordinate in every battle was precisely because he lacked her ruthlessness.

However, the support of foreigners alone may not be able to save the Qing Dynasty, and now the foreigners in Beijing are just paper tigers in the final analysis, and the force that can be taken out is only a few hundred embassy guards, and the total number of countries is only a few hundred, if those "short-haired thieves" are not afraid of offending foreigners and insist on attacking Beijing, this force will not be able to stop it at all.

Once the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, the Beijing officials and the nobles of the Eight Banners in Beijing were all destroyed, the Qing Dynasty would be completely finished, and even if the Great Powers sent troops to destroy the "short-haired rebels" afterwards, Prince Gong did not believe that they would help the restoration of the dead Qing Dynasty, because the situation of warlord melee was more favorable to the Western Powers.

"So we also need to immediately prepare to evacuate Beijing, as long as the Queen Mother is there and the Emperor is there, the Great Qing Kingdom is there!" This suggestion added by Prince Gong Yixun was approved by Cixi, she had personally experienced the Second Opium War, and the marching speed of this "short-haired thief" was faster than that of the British and French coalition forces of that year, and if she did not make all the preparations for evacuation in advance, she might not be able to escape

"But before evacuating, you still have to send troops out to fight him, after losing, there is a good reason to evacuate the capital, if you don't even see the enemy's face and withdraw directly, this court will no longer be able to tie the hearts of the people", Yixin then added, "By the way, you can also test the reality of the short-haired anti-thief, if they are now at the end of the crossbow, then we don't need to leave Beijing, just gather the world's Qinwang division, then the thieves will destroy themselves!" By the way, Mukden's 100,000-strong army is also going to be transferred back, and the thieves are about to hit Beijing, so what do you care about the Japanese? ”

Cixi hesitated slightly, "Outside the customs is the land of our ancestors, and the retreat route reserved by our Manchurians when they entered the customs, as well as Fuling and Zhaoling, are they given to the Japanese like this?" ”

"Back then, the outside of the pass as a retreat, because the north is wilderness, but after the eastward expansion of the Rakshasa people, Manchuria was directly threatened by the Rakshasa people, and it is no longer a stable rear, and now there is the evil wolf of Japan, with the current internal and external troubles of the dynasty, even if we are determined to hold it, it is difficult to keep the land of Longxing", Prince Gong Yixun sighed when he heard this, "We Manchurians have no way to retreat now, if we can't stand in the pass, there will only be extinction of the dead race, especially we love Xinjue Luo, after entering the customs that year, How did the ancestors treat those descendants of the Zhu Ming royal family? Do you think those thieves will be merciful? As for the ancestors, if the living are gone, can those mausoleums still be saved? ”

"Give Manchuria to the Japanese, withdraw the troops back to protect the capital, and we can also borrow the help of the division to suppress, the Japanese, the Rakshasas, or any other country, as long as they are willing to save our Qing Dynasty, we can agree to any conditions!" , Cixi gritted her teeth and made a decision, eager to cut those "short-haired thieves" with a thousand knives.

Unfortunately, she did not wait for this opportunity in the end, and the thousands of Mongol cavalry sent to Tianjin to test the strength of the rebel army showed unexpected bravery (according to the standards of the Qing army at this time, the troops that dared to attack in the face of a strong enemy were definitely heroic divisions. However, it was useless, and the rebels' dozens of heavy machine guns crushed them almost instantly

The dense queue of the old cavalry became an excellent target for the machine guns, and as countless intertwined fiery snakes danced wildly, the charging Mongol cavalry was knocked to the ground in patches like wheat harvesting, and many of them were so broken that they were even inhuman

Such a terrible sight quickly destroyed the morale of the troops in the rear, and they all fled, but the reason why the rebels did not use artillery was precisely to draw the enemy closer to minimize their chances of escape. (To be continued.) )